Warangal Air Funnel Zones: Building Height Restrictions

The air funnel zone is the most punishing zone in this layer, and most buyers do not know it exists until a building permit gets blocked. Aligned directly with Mamnoor's runway ends, this zone enforces a hard formula: permitted building height equals 2% of your distance from the runway edge. A plot 1,000 metres from the runway end is capped at just 20 metres AGL, roughly 5 to 6 floors.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation's Height Restrictions for Safeguarding of Aircraft Operations Rules, 2015 (G.S.R. 751(E)) make the position clear. No structure of any kind can be built within 20 km of the Aerodrome Reference Point without a No Objection Certificate from AAI, regardless of height or building type. This is not a discretionary check: it applies to homes, warehouses, towers, transmission lines, and even trees if they are likely to breach the permitted surface.

The table below shows how different OLS zones translate into real building limits around Mamnoor.

At 7 km from Mamnoor, buildings only need AAI approval above 140 metres, which is more permissive than metros like Amritsar. But that figure applies to the peripheral ring only. Inside the funnel path, the ceiling is far lower and non-negotiable. Violations are dealt with under the Aircraft (Demolition of Obstructions) Rules, 1994, which means compulsory demolition, not just a fine.

Apply for height clearance through NOCAS (nocas2.aai.aero) before you approach the local body for any building permit. If the CCZM permissible elevation covers your planned height, local authorities can clear you without a direct AAI application. If it does not, you must go through AAI first. Starting construction without clearance is not a paperwork oversight. It is a statutory violation.

Mamnoor is not an operational airport yet, but the money has started moving. In August 2025, farmers in Gunturpally were demanding ₹4 crore per acre after the government offered ₹1.20 crore. Before the redevelopment announcement, agricultural land near Mamnoor was valued at roughly ₹1 crore per acre. After it, prices doubled to ₹2 crore per acre in surrounding villages. That gap tells you two things: local belief in the project is high, and early positions are already expensive.

The table below maps the corridors where this layer has the sharpest effect on land use and value.

The most misunderstood corridor is the 1–5 km ring around Mamnoor village itself. Sellers market it as the prime airport-proximity zone. From an investment standpoint the proximity is real, but what they do not say is that plots in this ring sit squarely inside the inner horizontal surface or funnel zone. You can own the land. You cannot build freely on it. For warehousing, low-rise logistics, or agricultural use, this zone works. For residential plots above 3 or 4 floors, it does not, and no local builder can override AAI.

The Kakatiya Mega Textile Park proposal and NIT Warangal's presence give the wider Warangal land market more than one growth lever beyond the airport. Land with road access to NH-563 or the Warangal Outer Ring Road, sitting outside the inner restriction zones, has the cleanest risk profile for buyers who want to build.